I had a jar of yeast that had been saved from 7-4-2019, most likely from an overbuilt starter.
It was in my stuff that got moved at the end of July 2019, in a little fridge in the bottom of a water cooler.
I was in Alaska working during the move and came home to find the water cooler in the garage of the new house not plugged in when I came home in September of 2019.
I don't recall how long it was until I remember the yeast and plugged it in.
All the while sitting in a hot garage in the Alabama summer heat.
Fast forward to Saturday 2-19-2022, I pulled out the jar, shook it up and added the contents to a flask along with a can of fast pitch and a can of water, Tuesday 2-22-2022 I noticed that it was getting a bit lighter in color and yesterday I could see the creamy off white color of it fully going, this morning I added another can of starter and no water, just letting the spent beer dilute the flask (2L).
All this on a stirplate.
Yeast is a good bit more durable than most give it credit for.
It was in my stuff that got moved at the end of July 2019, in a little fridge in the bottom of a water cooler.
I was in Alaska working during the move and came home to find the water cooler in the garage of the new house not plugged in when I came home in September of 2019.
I don't recall how long it was until I remember the yeast and plugged it in.
All the while sitting in a hot garage in the Alabama summer heat.
Fast forward to Saturday 2-19-2022, I pulled out the jar, shook it up and added the contents to a flask along with a can of fast pitch and a can of water, Tuesday 2-22-2022 I noticed that it was getting a bit lighter in color and yesterday I could see the creamy off white color of it fully going, this morning I added another can of starter and no water, just letting the spent beer dilute the flask (2L).
All this on a stirplate.
Yeast is a good bit more durable than most give it credit for.